How Many Of You Fish All Winter??

[The Rooster]

How many of you all fish all winter for bass, either from the bank or boat?? I've virtually missed the whole warm weather season for fishing this year due to work and I am not looking forward to winter coming in and destroying my chances of fishing again this year. I read all the time in Bassmaster about cold water fishing being some of the best times for catching bass. I catch and release though. I've heard this is hard on the fish since they don't eat a lot in cold weather and it causes them to use up energy that they don't get back and might die after being released.

[Gatorbassman]

Me!!!!!

[fishking247]

as long as the lake/pond is not fully frozen over, i do

[sarcazmo]

One plus to living in az! :-)

[Highhawk1948]

I fish here in Florida year round. One of the reasons I moved here in 1973.

[Unknownwaters]

I will probably start trying it this Winter. Need to do something over christmas break while I am still in school

[Bassn Blvd]

I fish 365. I personally think the best time of the year to fish in S.Florida is from September to April, my favorite is Nov-March. The mullet beach run is right around the corner and offers the best fishing you can do from shore. The Snook, Jack, Shark, Tarpon, S Mackeral, Blues, and Pompano can easily be caught while walking the beach and it is an absolute blast. Just ask Sirsnook.

Bass fishing can be done from sunup to sundown but the heat is a killer in the summer months. Oh how I can't wait for the winter bass tournaments to start.

[kylek]

I have 2 power plant lakes within 2 hrs of my house so when the MIdwest winter hits we head to the warm water!!!

[cast_and_destroy]

I fish all year long, thats why I like Texas. Our lakes dont freeze and our bass get huge !!

[Goose52]

I fish whenever I have soft water. However, for my safety, I put the canoe away and fish only from the bank when the water temp goes much below 50 deg and/or there is a combined air/water temp lower than 120. I fish alone and don't want to take any chances.

The bite can be tough in the winter, especially fishing from the bank. BUT, when you do get a bite, it's usually a quality fish - for some reason, the dinks seem to disappear with the cold water. My two biggest bass since moving to Tennessee (9.06 and 8.39) were both caught in water temps below 50 degrees, and in air temps in the high 30s with me wearing a parka and one or two pairs of gloves...

[GeorgiaBassBros]

I fish all year, the joys of living in the south. plus our bass are bigger

[Nashua Nev]

yup , me too, as long as i can find water to fish. 1 power plant , 2 sets of water falls/dams

[Raul]

Guess who ?

From all winter December is the only month that I don´t fish, got many family important dates which we celebrate for the Sundays:

Dec 7 th .- Ball n´chain´s B-day

Dec 19 th.- Wedding Anniversary

Dec 27 th.- Lil Raul´s B-day

Once those are gone it´s time to grab my stuff again and hit the water.

[mikeeasttn]

In East Tn where I live some of us die hard fisherman fish all year or try to. Sometimes the last of Jan and 2 or 3 weeks in Feb will be too cold. In fact winter is a good time to fish for stripers. We also have a couple of power plant lakes to fish.

[Hi Salenity]

I have my rod in my hand all year.

[bassmaster8100]

One of the many benefits of living in Mississippi. I fish year around. Love fishing winter!

[BASSclary]

I fish all year, however, I do not catch all year. Being a bank beater, dead hot summer, and really cold winter are tough for me, especially when alot of your fishing waters are shallow.

[SGT Rico]

For me, its the best time to catch GIANTS!!! I might not catch a whole bunch, but the ones I do bag are solid keepers.

[prjavelin]

like the guys from the south I Can fish year round. this is my first year though. I live in the caribbean, its eternal summer here. Winter for us is temperatures of high 70s.

If only the people did catch and release(and the lakes were managed better) we would have great fisheries maybe even compared to those in mexico.

[SirSnookalot]

I fish every day, being retired allows me that luxury. As they say, something is always biting in Florida and that's true. I could never see myself living in a non coastal area with anything but a moderate to warm climate.

I do spend a lot of time bass fishing, but spend more time targeting other species.

If I can get Bassn to get off his butt, I can take him to catch tarpon, snook, jacks, bass and peacocks in the same place, not far from where we live.

[Bluebasser86]

I have 2 power plant lakes within 2 hrs of my house so when the MIdwest winter hits we head to the warm water!!!

X2, except they're only a hour from me, and will probably both be less than an hour by the time the cold weather gets here. Nothing ever froze over last year so I caught fish out of local ponds all winter long last year. I had almost caught 100 bass by the end of January last year, most of those fish coming from ponds.

[The Rooster]

Alright you guys inspired me. I'm gonna try it starting now. Weather won't get what I consider cold here until late October or even November but I'll still fish as long as its in the upper 30 degree range. When it gets down to freezing outside then I'm done. Most of our winter here in northern KY is tolerable but just not fun to be out in, especially when it is windy.

And some of yall are real lucky b@st@rds to be livin' where yall are! Eternal summer?? I can only dream of places like that.

[Bluebasser86]

Here's some inspiration for you, this 23" 7lb fattie hit an Xcaliber Erratic shad on a snowy day that barely got to 30 degrees. If you look close you can see the snow against the black in my guidewear and all the steam rolling off the warm water at the discharge area.

[wakeeater]

that's what i'm talking about! i haven't had the chance to fish much this season due to work. i'm hoping to crush 'em this fall/winter!

[tugsandpulls]

if there is open water im fishing